Desert Thunder Ships

Groove Games announced today that Desert Thunder, a military-themed shooter developed by Brainbox Games on the Unreal engine, has shipped to retail.

"Desert Thunder is the first in a series of games we are releasing that redefine the value category," said Jon Walsh, president of Groove Games. "Incredible graphics and engaging game play are not things you normally associate with value games. That shouldn't be the case. Rather than sacrifice graphics and game play, we are encouraging our developers to create high production quality games on a smaller scale in terms of content scope and complexity. The team at Brainbox Games really hit the mark with Desert Thunder and we're sure gamers will notice and appreciate the high gameplay value."

Desert Thunder features both on-foot and in-vehicle action, as well as fully-destructable environments, all taking place in a desert-based military conflict. Developer Brainbox Games is a owned by Digital Extremes, the folks who brought you so much Unreal Tournament goodness. So there's some promise. Check it out.